i5-9400F vs Celeron E3300

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron E3300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.50
Core i5-9400F
2019
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
5.96
+1092%

Core i5-9400F outperforms Celeron E3300 by a whopping 1092% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28921108
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.839.41
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiency0.738.68
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date30 August 2009 (15 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70$182

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-9400F has 1034% better value for money than Celeron E3300.

Detailed specifications

Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache64 KB (per core)385 KB
L2 cache1 MB (shared)1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size82 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++

Security technologies

Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E3300 and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Celeron E3300 0.50
i5-9400F 5.96
+1092%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron E3300 795
i5-9400F 9468
+1091%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron E3300 245
i5-9400F 1404
+473%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron E3300 395
i5-9400F 4908
+1143%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.50 5.96
Recency 30 August 2009 7 January 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

i5-9400F has a 1092% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-9400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron E3300 in performance tests.


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